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Oct 30, 2018 · Writer and Archie Comics creative director Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa piles on the Satanism in Sabrina, but uses it to address everything from tribal loyalty to current politics to fake news.
- Archie’s Weird Fantasy
- Educational Comics
- Seduction of The Innocent
- Approved by The Comics Code Authority
- The Kids Aren’T All Right
- Afterlife with Archie
- Chilling Adventures of Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
In April 2003, a play penned by Aguirre-Sacasa called Archie’s Weird Fantasywas set to debut at Dad’s Garage in Atlanta, Georgia. The play followed Archie as he came out as gay and then moved to New York City in order to begin his career, where he gets a job working in comics. But the day before the play was set to premiere, the theater received no...
Weird Comic Book Fantasy takes a liberal approach to chronology, drawing from multiple historical events without regard to the amount of time separating them. This means that after Buddy has left the security of Rockville and moved to New York City, he is able to take a job at Educational Comics, better known as EC. The Ten Cent Plague by David Had...
But something wicked was slouching toward the Senate. In 1954, Senator Robert C. Hendrickson formed a committee on juvenile delinquency. Hearings were then arranged to expose the “truth” behind comic books, and determine what “impact” they might have on the minds of children. Determined to demonstrate that comics were not the degenerate rags that t...
The hearings had an earth-shaking effect on the comics industry. By August of 1954, the publisher of Archiecomics, John L. Goldwater, was serving as the head of the organizational committee for the newly formed Comics Magazine Association of America. Goldwater was no fan of Gaines, who had parodied the squeaky-clean image of Archie in the pages of ...
In 2009, John L. Goldwater’s son, Jon Goldwater, became co-CEO of Archie Comics. As evidenced by the Comics Code, the elder Goldwater placed a heavy emphasis on tradition — in the mid-1970s, John licensed Archie for Evangelical comics despite the fact that he was Jewish, citing shared values. By contrast, Jon is fond of an anecdote concerning a tra...
In 2013, issue #23 of Life with Archieran with a variant cover by Francesco Francavilla depicting a horrific version of the title: Afterlife with Archie, featuring “America’s Favorite Teen Zombie.” The response to the variant was so great that an actual series was launched later that year, with Francavilla providing art and Aguirre-Sacasa writing. ...
The success of Afterlife with Archieled to an entire line of Archie Horror comics, including Vampironica and Blossoms 666. Aguirre-Sacasa himself continues to be involved in the Archie Horror books, writing Chilling Adventures of Sabrinaas well as Afterlife with Archie. As showrunner of both Riverdaleand Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Roberto has ...
Awards. He received GLAAD Media Award nominations for Golden Age [14] and for Say You Love Satan, [14] with the latter also winning a New York International Fringe Festival Excellence in Playwriting Award. [30] He tied for a Harvey Award for Best New Talent for his work on Marvel Knights Four.
Aug 8, 2023 · Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's "gay demonic romantic comedy," Say You Love Satan, directed by Claire Lundberg, gets its Manhattan premiere Aug. 8-23 as part of the New York International Fringe...
Nov 8, 2018 · Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, the showrunner of “Riverdale” and “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina,” is a John Hughes for a darker, more cynical, way more libidinous age. Alex Welsh for The New York...
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Mar 18, 2014 · Gay playwright Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (contributor to Glee and Big Love) may have stumbled with his over-the-top dark comedy Say You Love Satan–produced in Chicago by About Face Theatre–but this Raven Theatre revival of the burning drama that Steppenwolf debuted seven years ago proves a rare skill: Aguirre-Sacasa can create solid stagecraft ...
Jan 25, 2007 · "Evil incarnate has a six-pack, shoulders this wide and zero percent body fat."
